Hempstead Clippers

The Hempstead Clippers are a Runty team based in Hempstead, NY. They are a founding member of the North-Eastern Runty Championship, the sport's first professional league.

The Clippers were founded in 1882, around the time when most parts of the New York metro area were founding their own teams. The Clippers were a founding member of the first organized runty league, the New York Runty League. They were also one of the 6 teams that broke away from the NYRL to form the NERC.